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St Joseph’s Friday, 14 January 2022
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
On Wednesday the Year 10 girl’s football team played in a tournament at Slough Powerleague. The girls
played exceptionally well winning 2 games, drawing 2 games and only losing 1 with goals scored by Athena,
Abi and Adina. Due to this fantastic result; they have made it into the cup finals next Wednesday.
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Friday, 14 January 2022
FROM THE HEAD TEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
Hope you are all safe and well,
My weekly message to all is in video format. Please do let us know what you think, any feedback is
welcome.
Please find below the link to our website to view my message:
Newsletters - St Joseph’s Catholic High School (st-josephs.slough.sch.uk)
Have a cracking weekend.
St Joseph, pray for us
Ciran
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THEME OF THE WEEK
Listen
Listen is our theme this week. Listening is something that we can find difficult to do at times, but it’s so
important to spend time listening to each other and the world around us. Reflecting on this word ‘Listen’,
comes at a great time for us this week. We as a school community, are going to be joining the wider Church
community in the Synod that Pope Francis has called us to take part in. A Synod is a coming together of
people, reflecting, discerning and answering questions about their faith, for the Bishops with the Pope to
discern the direction that the Church is moving in. It’s a chance for the people to speak and for the Church to
listen. We too, over the next couple of weeks, are taking part in this exercise.
In our Gospel reading, we read the story of the wedding feast at Cana when Jesus turns the water into wine.
This takes place at the start of Jesus’ ministry and He was prompted by His mother, Mary to perform this
miracle. We know that in the story, the wine had all run out at the wedding and so Jesus changed the water
that the servants brought to Him, into wine. This first miracle began to reveal who He was, of His power and
of what was to come in the future, especially His death on the cross. Mary knew she needed to call on her
son, Jesus and this is a great example for us to follow too. We need Jesus in our everyday lives, and we can
call on Him in our time of need knowing that He is ready and waiting to listen to us.
How can you be a better listener? Who is it that you need to listen to today?
When we spend time listening, and listening to what’s on our hearts and minds, we can begin to discern, to
make decisions, thinking about who and what is important in our lives. We can begin too, to hear the voice
of God speaking to us, and prompting us.
What is God saying to you today?
To be able to have the space to listen is needed, and having silence will help with this further. The words
‘silent’ and ‘listen’ have the same letters, another reminder that they can be linked together.
Where in your day can you have a moment of silence, to be able to stop and to listen?
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Rewards Challenge – Win an iPad (9th Generation)
This half-term win an iPad. For every combined point you score this half-term will equal an entry into our
prize draw to win an iPad. In addition, more items are being added to our rewards shop. There will be an iPad
(9th Generation) on sale for points as well as an Apple Watch (Series 7). We have in stock ‘Game’ gift cards
with Amazon, Waterstones, Beauty Bay and Netflix gift cards on the way. If you do have ideas for prizes
please let me know and I will take them under consideration.
We had a challenge this week to win a Break/Lunch Queue Jump pass for a whole week. Our winners collected
the most combined points in their form for this week just passed. Please see our winners below. There will
be many more challenges to come!
Form Winner
7C Julia Kryger
Rosie McGrory
7J Grayden Dias
7M Alessia Celorico-Jones
7P Oliver Stacey
7T David Stachura
7V Paulina Konopka
Amelia Misiak Chmielewska
8C Romain Janot
8J Jessica Roff
8M Alexander Homot
8P Anthony Omale
8T Nathan James
Darragh O'Connor
8V Jovan Kasujja
9C Jack Wynne
9J Francesca Curtis
9M Ethan Fernandes
9P Julia Pytel
9T Christian Piscopo-Evans
9V Oskar Belniak
10C Mia Marshall
10J Nikola Siuta
10M Mariska Sicad
10P Timothy Banas
10T Charlene Daguplo
10V Patrycja Masko
11C Luca Clark
11J Eugenia Fernandes
11M Bobby Kadiri
Natalia Kochanowska
11P Alan Belniak
11T Alexander Kulczykowski
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Vollan Vaz
11V Yohanie Sathsari Fernando
VI C Rebecca Conlon
VI JE Andreah Dagdagan
VI JO Belatriz Lamelo De Souza
VI M Patryk Nysiewicz
VI P Dominika Lawicka
VI TE Nathaniel Fernandez
VI TH Samreen Sarkaria
VI V Piotr Augustyn-Sharma
YEAR 7 NEWS
Another strong week for all the Year 7s this week with Tuesday being a particularly strong one where as a
year group we got over 200 positive points! I am very proud with how they have managed to come back from
two weeks off and get straight back into their normal routines, I look forward to seeing this continue going
forward.
A polite reiteration on the ClassCharts System:
Each child has been given a letter with a student log in and parental log in. Can we all please ensure that both
log ins have been done before Monday. You are able to access how your child is doing at school by seeing
both positive and negative points. Additionally, teachers will be setting homework through ClassCharts and
they may also send out announcements to make you aware of anything going on within lessons. You can
download ClassCharts directly onto your phones. Their are two separate apps “ClassCharts Parents” and log
in, and “ClassCharts Students”. Finally, you will also be able to see any detentions.
A polite reminder of the way our new ‘X’ system works for behaviour for learning:
An ‘X’ equals a lunch time detention the next day
2 ‘X’s equals the above lunch times and a HoY 1 hour detention on a Friday
3 ‘X’s equals the above lunch times and a SLT 2 hour detention on a Friday
Mr Cooper- Santos
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YEAR 9 NEWS
A fantastic full week back. Wishing those students who are currently isolating due to covid a speedy recovery
and a warm welcome on arrival.
Please ensure that students are logging on to ClassCharts daily to check their homework – all teachers are
following the whole school homework timetable and therefore there should be daily homework for them to
complete. As it stands the students do not get live notifications on their phone and therefore need to go into
the app every evening.
Here is a fantastic photo from a Year 9 science lesson I walked into this week! Learning about metal as a
conductor.
Have a great weekend,
Miss WD
YEAR 11 NEWS
Many thanks for your time yesterday evening. If you were unable to attend please can you let me know and
I can arrange some feedback to be sent over.
Intervention starts on Monday with English, Maths on Tuesday then RE and Physics on Wednesday. All
students are expected to attend as this will be key for their next set of assessments and beyond.
As always if you have any issues please let me know.
Mr Cudmore
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SIXTH FORM NEWS
Year 12 - Thanks to everyone for your great welcome to the new behaviour system as it has been a week
full of positive points. Please do not forget to ask your teacher about how you can improve your ATL and get
as many positive points as you can. I am aware that some negative points were due to new arrival time at
8:25 am so for next week do your best to arrive not just on time but few minutes earlier. Also please
remember to wear masks in lessons, corridors and the study room. Alongside this, you should be washing
hands regularly and testing at home twice a week.
PSHE is compulsory and you must attend! For this half term PSHE will be on the following dates, please add
them to your diary.
Wednesday January 19th P1
Wednesday January 26th P3
Thursday February 3rd P5
Thursday February 10th P1
Thursday February 17th P3
In each of your subjects the teachers should be providing you with flipped learning tasks. This is for you to
use your own and private study time to independently learn knowledge allowing for deeper knowledge, more
evaluation, analytical and application skills to be developed in lesson time.
I understand that everyone has classcharts login at this point but if you do not you must get yours as soon as
possible.
A big thank for parents who are using regularly classcharts. If you have not received yours, please do
not hesitate to contact me
On Monday next week we will have assembly in the hall. At 8:25 the very latest, please can you all be lined
up on the quad in alphabetical order with your tutor group. We will be checking uniform so make sure this is
perfect and you have a mask on.
Wednesday 19th 15 students will have personal aspirational interview as part of "Learn to Work Program"
Have a great weekend
Mr Romero
HOY 12
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Year 13 - Well done to all the students who have worked hard in their exams this week. Good luck to the
health and social care group who have their exam on Monday.
This half term students are trying to earn as many positive points as possible to participate in the ‘in it to win
it’ challenge. All students who receive a positive point will be added into a draw to win an iPad. The more
points they earn, the more chance they have to win. The following students have been awarded canteen
queue jump passes for winning the most positive points this week.
VI C Rebecca Conlon
VI JE Andreah Dagdagan
VI JO Belatriz Lamelo De Souza
VI M Patryk Nysiewicz
VI P Dominika Lawicka
VI TE Nathaniel Fernandez
VI TH Samreen Sarkaria
VI V Piotr Augustyn-Sharma
All year 13 students need to ensure they have logged into Classcharts. Please download the app to view their
behavior points, homework and detentions. If you have not received your password please contact your form
tutor. Just a reminder;
1 ‘X’ equals a lunch time detention the next day
2 ‘X’s equals the above lunch times and a HoY 1 hour detention on a Friday
3 ‘X’s equals the above lunch times and a SLT 2 hour detention on a Friday
Next week PSHE will be on Wednesday 19th period 1.
Have a great week,
Mrs Bray
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Homework
A reminder that all homework will be set on Class Charts for your child and yourself to see what is being set
and the due date. The feedback so far has been very positive, therefore we hope you are finding the online
platform user friendly and clear in its communication. A reminder that homework will be issued on the
prescribed day as per the homework schedule for the relevant year group. The homework timetables can
be found under ‘Curriculum’ on the school website and have also been attached to the newsletter for your
perusal.
A huge thank you for your ongoing support in your child’s education.
School Vaccinations – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The school-aged immunisation team will be visiting St Josephs on Friday 4th February 2022.
COVID-19 vaccination - 2nd Visit to Schools for young people aged 12-16 (year groups 7-11).
Gentle reminder to those that have not yet completed the e-consent form - the deadline to provide
consent is 3pm on Wednesday 2nd February 2022.
Copy of the form is attached to the Newsletter. NHS nurses CANNOT take verbal consent on the day .
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Changes to the Curriculum from September 2022
After a significant period of consultancy, we have made the decision to extend our Key Stage 3 curriculum by
an extra year, which means that Year 8 students will begin GCSE in Year 10 rather than in Year 9. To support
parents and students with this change we will be hosting a Curriculum Information Evening for Year 8
students on Thursday 27th January 2022 at 6pm in the hall.
At St Joseph’s we are proud of delivering a curriculum that suits our pupils’ varying needs within each year
group and constantly seek to review and evaluate its effectiveness in meeting our curriculum intent. As part
of our curriculum review, we have been in consultation with a number of key stakeholders over the Autumn
term, regarding the effectiveness of our current curriculum model and whether it is fit for purpose given the
significant disruption caused by the Covid 19 epidemic. We are particularly aware of the disruption caused
during the formative years of primary education and during our own transition work at the school with your
children. We have concluded that our students need the additional support of a further year of Key Stage 3
study in Year 9 prior to commencing GCSE study in Year 10 to ensure they are ready for the challenge of these
important qualifications.
We believe that the decision to adjust the length of our Key Stage 3 curriculum for Year 8 students, and by
extension for Year 7 students next year, will allow us to amend our curriculum to support them and get them
fully prepared for GCSE.
I appreciate that you may have questions or queries regarding this change to the curriculum, which I am
hopeful this evening will answer. If there are any immediate questions or concerns they can be addressed to
myself at f.araf@st-josephs.slough.sch.uk
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This week saw 19 of our Key Stage 3 pupils achieve their ‘Bikeability’ Level 2 Certificates and Badges. Our
pupils took to the roads of Slough, in quite frankly, very bad weather conditions in order to enhance their
bike skills and knowledge of being safe on the roads. I am very proud of their achievement and as a
community it should give us all confidence that our pupils are able to take care of themselves when cycling
to and from school. Certificates were awarded to the following pupils.
Surname Forename Year Surname Forename Year Surname Forename Year
Buda Viktor 7 Bialek David 8 Barrett Liam 9
Kroliczek Oliver 7 Konarski Gabriel 8 Galka Igor 9
Nowak Kacper 7 Oleszak Maksimilyan 8 Marczuk Filip 9
Szymczak Mateusz 7 Smith Cameron 8 O'Neill Dylan 9
Wedrzyj Maksymilian 7 Zurkowski Brajan 8 Przbylo Jakub 9
Przbylski Adrian 9
Szczepanik Igor 9
Kosiba Matthew 9
Zabski Alexander 9
Form Winner
7C Julia Kryger
Rosie McGrory
7J Grayden Dias
7M Alessia Celorico-Jones
7P Oliver Stacey
7T David Stachura
7V Paulina Konopka
Amelia Misiak Chmielewska
8C Romain Janot
8J Jessica Roff
8M Alexander Homot
8P Anthony Omale
8T Nathan James
Darragh O'Connor
8V Jovan Kasujja
9C Jack Wynne
9J Francesca Curtis
9M Ethan Fernandes
9P Julia Pytel
9T Christian Piscopo-Evans
9V Oskar Belniak
10C Mia Marshall
10J Nikola Siuta
10M Mariska Sicad
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10P Timothy Banas
10T Charlene Daguplo
10V Patrycja Masko
11C Luca Clark
11J Eugenia Fernandes
11M Bobby Kadiri
Natalia Kochanowska
11P Alan Belniak
11T Alexander Kulczykowski
Vollan Vaz
11V Yohanie Sathsari Fernando
VI C Rebecca Conlon
VI JE Andreah Dagdagan
VI JO Belatriz Lamelo De Souza
VI M Patryk Nysiewicz
VI P Dominika Lawicka
VI TE Nathaniel Fernandez
VI TH Samreen Sarkaria
VI V Piotr Augustyn-Sharma
PE After School Clubs
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Literacy - Word and Idiom of the Week
The word this coming week is ‘curious’; an adjective, which means eager to learn or know. By extension, this
is a virtue which means that all things are worthy of our attention. If all things are made by God, by definition
they are worthy of our attention.
‘The idiom this coming week is ‘to steal someone’s thunder’. To upstage someone and take the attention or
praise from them. To upstage someone means to draw attention away from them by your own actions.
Year 12 – The Sutton Trust University and Apprenticeship Summer Schools are now open!
These are exciting opportunities for our Year 12 students to experience university life/gain experience of an
apprenticeship. Why apply?
Why apply?
Experience university life/gain an insight into apprenticeships
Explore one of 40 subjects at a leading university – imagine how this looks on your Personal
Statement – it is highly effective broadening and deepening of your knowledge in a subject (Super
Curricular learning)
Meet new people
Develop essential life skills – most of them are residential
Receive 1:1 UCAS/apprenticeship application support
Join the alumni platform to network and make connections (it’s all about who you know)
Access Sutton Trust Online – a portal for information and guidance
Networking opportunities – get your foot in the door
For more information, please see the attached PDF documents or visit our dedicated webpage, here:
https://www.st-josephs.slough.sch.uk/sixth-form/about-us/widening-participation/
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Solution to last Week’s Puzzler
Solution to the Break time Teaser:
Problem of the week
Break time Teaser:
Send your answers to Mr Allinson. The first full complete answer will get satchel
points.
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FREE MATHS TUITION CLUB WORTH £70 PER HOUR
GCSE Mathematics Tuition Club is every Wednesday 3 pm to 4 pm in M1
Benefits of the maths club:
To develop MATHEMATICAL knowledge and understanding of the CURRICULUM
Strengthen the cross curricular links with MATHEMATICS and real life problems.
Provides pupils with opportunities to try new things like augmented learning with the use of VR.
Apply mathematical skills to other 'real-life' maths investigations.
For questions or more information speak to Mr. D. Nyuydzewira
Email: D.Nyuydzewira@st-josephs.slough.sch.uk
Business and Economics News
- Please ensure any submissions for the house competition are sent to Miss Hurley – a.hurley@st-
josephs.slough.sch.uk
- The Apprentice is back on TV on Thursday nights. Students can watch this on BBC each week and
keep up to date with the different business challenges. There is also a sweepstake in M7 for those
Business and Economics students who want to try and guess the winner of the show.
- Well done to the Year 11 Enterprise and Marketing students who sat their exam on Wednesday.
- The Year 13 Economic students were joined (virtually) by a representative from the Bank of
England. Students are learning about the role of the Bank of England so gained lots of insightful
information during the talk. Students were able to engage in the talk by asking questions and they
gave some excellent questions that impressed the speaker. He commented on the excellent
participation of the students - “It was so good to see all the interaction and excellent
questions from them. It’s probably the most I’ve had from any school presentation I’ve
done!”
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Music Department News
Extra-Curricular Clubs are back on
Monday Lunchtimes - Guitar Club (All year group welcome and all abilities)
Tuesday Morning (8:00-8:20am) - St Joe's Vox (All year groups welcome)
Thursday Lunchtime 1 (Yr7 and 6th form) - Keyboard club.
Instrumental Lessons Back On
Lessons provided by Slough Music Service are back on this week.
If you interested in taking lessons in a musical instrument, please speak to Miss Ure.
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PUPIL NOMINATIONS OF THE WEEK
YEAR 7 YEAR 8
Lucas Passos - For his good level of participation
during class discussion in Science.
Kaitlyn Wynne - For consistently producing good
work across all lesson.
YEAR 9 YEAR 10
Nicola Szuba for being Learned and Wise in English
and Adrian Wrobel for being Active and Curious in
English.
YEAR 11 YEAR 12
Jakub Olszanski and Kaitlin Titterall for highest Georgiana Koroma highest positive points in
positive point differential this week classcharts
Piotr Augustyn highest positive points in classcharts
YEAR 13
Alicia Ado for being active and curious in computing.
Hasan Allababidi for being eloquent and truthful in science.
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